Two Events, One Lesson: Increase Federal Support for Cancer Research

Thanks to a quirk of fate, two seemingly unrelated events happened this past Monday that, when taken together, shine a light on the most vital partnerships in our collective fight against cancer.

The first was the public opening of the new Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Boston -- named in honor of perhaps history's greatest advocate for federal funding of cancer research -- a day after President Obama and Vice President Biden helped to inaugurate it.